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Examples of roiled
roiled
The threat of a Greek default had roiled markets in the first half of this year.
From the stltoday.com
The document roiled her campaign and revealed the first of many staff disputes.
From the kentucky.com
In the past few months, instability has roiled Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas.
From the economist.com
The issue has roiled the presidential race and angered congressional Republicans.
From the sacbee.com
The ocean's still there, even though it has been roiled a bit by tropical systems.
From the news-journalonline.com
Many Ivorians went without food and water as fighting roiled the nation last week.
From the time.com
Greece's fiscal crisis roiled financial markets worldwide, driving the euro lower.
From the bloomberg.com
Financial markets have been roiled by Europe's debt and banking crisis for months.
From the money.cnn.com
The reception of Night Games was roiled by turbulence over its moral quotient.
From the time.com
- Churn: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
- Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
- (roiled) annoyed: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
- (roiling) churning: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
- ROiL is a performance art troupe started in Portland, Maine now also based in Ithaca, New York and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "ROiL" is not an acronym; it is a verb meaning "to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment"
- (Roiled) Governed by a French king. - Joseph Leff
- Verb - 1. to make (a liquid) cloudy, muddy, or unsettled by stirring up sediment 2. to stir up; agitate 3. to make angry or irritable; rile
